@citizen_NOSPAM: "I am asking for your advice concerning a migration from a Filemaker
Pro 6 standalone configuration to a Filemaker Server solution in a
firm with strict security policies and  running  a mixed LAN of
Netware, Windows NT/2000 servers and UNIX servers.
Up until now the a few employees have shared a fp5 db on a Netware
fileserver. This situation was ok, except for the fact that only one
person at a time could access the db on the file-server.
So a FM Server 5.5/6 VLA and 20 FM Pro 6 VLA licences were bought on
the budget of this small departement. The current setup has also FM
pro 6 standalone installed on all the client PC's. They have asked us
to help migrate two applications which are now contained in 7 fp5
files.
Now my questions : 
Do the client machines need to have the clientside software
reinstalled because it will now have to work with files hosted on the
FM server ? If not, how will the clients access (run or start) the
applications that will be hosted on the FM server ?
Also, can the old database files simply be put on the FM Server
without modifications to that actual file or do we need imports or
exports ?
Assuming we have a Windows 2000 Server, P3 with 128 MB RAM, is the
setup of FM Server pretty straight forward ?
What kind of maintenance tasks need to be done on the databases and
the FM server ? And how often ?
Is there a need for a db-administrator like in SQL-server to perform
tasks like creating accounts, scheduling backups, reindexing etc.?
If so, will this db-administrator need local admin rights on the local
Windows 2000 Server machine ?
Are there remote administration tools that a so called filemake
db-adminsitrator can use from his desk, so that he need no physical
access to the windows 2000 server ? 
Can someone clarify how this migration process will look like so that
we can advice and plan this correctly ? I have, as you might have
guessed, no prior experience with filemaker pro/server.
Thanks in advance.
C."
    @citizen_NOSPAM: "On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 01:23:31 GMT, Tom Fitch
<quote>
Thanks for all the infomation. Very useful. Yes, I did read "best
practices", and no, I did not have a look at the manual. There are no
manuals unless they are on the cd's and I have no access to the cd's
etc. "
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